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Political decentralization and corruption : exploring the conditional role of parties
Shrestha, Kshitiz; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Hankla, Charles - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012594529
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Transformation from below in Bolivia and Bangladesh : decentralization, local governance, and systemic change
Faguet, Jean-Paul - 2015
I examine decentralization through the lens of the local dynamics it unleashed in the much-noted case of Bolivia and … the less-noted case of Bangladesh. I argue that the national effects of decentralization are largely the sum of its local …-level effects. Hence to understand decentralization we must first understand how local government works. This implies analysing not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012261635
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New public management-delivery forms, quality levels and political factors on solid management waste costs in Spanish local governments
Zafra-Gómez, José Luis; Prior Jiménez, Prior; Plata … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436358
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Fiscal decentralization and efficiency of public services delivery by local governments in Ghana
Otoo, Isaac; Danquah, Michael - 2021
investigate the impact of fiscal decentralization on the efficiency of local public goods and services delivery by MMDAs. Using … study. The results with regard to our two indicators of fiscal decentralization indicate that fiscal autonomy proxied by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545693
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Enhancing administrative and fiscal decentralisation in the Czech Republic
Sila, Urban; De la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2020
There is considerable regional variation in incomes and poverty in the Czech Republic and gaps have grown over time. With the highest number of municipalities per head in the OECD, subnational government is very fragmented and the resulting lack of capacity at the local level reduces the quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012421297
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10. subnational governance in Ghana : a comparative assessment of data and performance
Chachu, Daniel Ofoe; Danquah, Michael; Gisselquist, … - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014365319
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How close is your government to its people? : worldwide indicators on localization and decentralization
Ivanyna, Maksym; Shah, Anwar - 2013
This paper is intended to provide an assessment of the impact of the silent revolution (decentralization reforms) of … dimensions of decentralization and localization. These sub-indexes are aggregated and adjusted for heterogeneity to develop an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774900
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Decentralization, citizen participation and local public service delivery : a study on the nature and influence of citizen participation on decentralized service delivery in Kenya
Muriu, Abraham Rugo - 2013
governance and service delivery. This has been largely in the context of decentralization reforms in which central governments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009757022
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Administrative overspending in Indonesian districts : the role of local politics
Sjahrir Putra, Bambang Suharnoko Firmansyah; Kis-Katos, … - 2013
We analyze the determinants of the excessive administrative spending of local governments in Indonesia. In an unbalanced panel data set of 399 districts for 2001‐2009, we show that the proliferation of districts has not led to increased administrative spending; instead a lack of political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010188515
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The importance of being local? : administrative decentralization and human development
Chaudhary, Latika; Lakshmi Iyer - 2024
governments in India, using state-level variation in the timing of administrative decentralization reforms. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014545252